administered
USad-MIN-i-sturd/ədˈmɪnɪstɚd/UKuhd-MIN-i-stuhd/ədˈmɪnɪstəd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of administer.
Paramedics administered oxygen to the injured driver at the scene.
The exam was administered under strict supervision last week.
Note
One spelling does two jobs. On its own it is the simple past (she administered the test), and after have or be it is the participle that builds perfect and passive forms. The passive works only for the transitive uses: a drug, an oath or an estate can be administered. The intransitive sense of ministering takes to instead and has no passive, as in they administered to the sick.
administered is a form of administer
administer, verb: To manage or supervise how something is conducted or carried out, working in an administrative role. Full entry
- Forms
- administeradministers he/she/itadministering -ing formadministered past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- administer → administered: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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